Keg or vessel.



No. 800,170. 120021501101)- 1mois; 1905.

E. MOXHAM. KEG 0R VESSEL.- 0 APPLICATION FIL'BD APB.. 27,1904.

, FGTZ l TTM/IHS l NIT v@Tf-@E QS EGBERT MOXHAM OF wiLM1NeToN, nELAVlTAnE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 5, 1905.

lApplication led April 27,1904. Serial No.,205,084.

l To all whom it Wi/ dyconcerm Be it known that I, EGBERT MOXHAM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Wilmington, county of Newcastle and State of Delaware, have invented a new andl useful Improvement in Kegs orA Vessels, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact descrip:

" tion, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which Aform a part of this specification.

My invention hasI for its object certain improvements in kegs or vessels formed from pulp, paper, or similar material and used to -heads are made of such size that they preferably lit snugly on the inner cylinder.y The projecting portions of the -outersection are bent over upon the heads. If done while moist, the contraction of the materialin dryof tubes.

ing will cause the heads to be firmly compressed by the turned-over-portions of the outer section against the ends of .the inner section.

I will now describe the embodiment of my.

invention shown in the accompanying drawings, in whichi Figure 1 is a vertical section of a keg or vessel constructed in accordance with my in-v vention. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective `View of .the inner section of the body. Fig. 4 is a perspective View of a modified form of construction of the inner section of the body.- 4 A is the outer section of the body of the keg, and B is the inner section of the body, both preferablymade of pulp rolled in the form These sections areof slightly different diameters, so lvthat the section B may be inserted in section A and makes a snug tit. The two'sections may be secured together by cement, if desired. C and C are the ,heads Of the vessel or keg, also preferably made of pulp, andare fitted within the outer section A and abut against the ends of the inner section B. The ends a a of the outer section are crimped or turnedover, 'preferably when in a moist condition, tghtly'over the heads C and C', securing the heads -in placebetween the turned-overends a a and the ends of the inner4 section B.

D is a plug or stopper made in the form of a screw-plug and tapped into one of the heads.v

Fig. 4 shows an inner section B', cut out longitudinally at 5 and having, preferably, scarfed edges. This arrangement represents a form-of making the inner body, although the preferable arrangement is to make the inner section a solid tube, as shown in Fig. 3.

In the manufacture ofthis vessel the inner section is preferably set up in a substantially dry condition or much drier than the outer section, which is then placed over it in a moist condition and surrounds it. The heads are inserted Within the outer section, resting Vagainst the ends of the inner section., The Aends of the outer section are turned over against the heads, .and the'keg is set toy dry. The outer body contracts very materially in drying and firmly secures itself to the inner body, and the contraction also secures the heads in place against the ends of the inner section between the turned-over ends of the outer section.

While I prefer the` use of pulp, paper, or similar material, the keg can be madevof steel or any other flexible material. A bearing can be secured byianging the inner cylinder and the necessary shrinkage by heating the outer cylinder.

Having now fully described my invention,

-what I claim, and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is-

1`. A keg or vessel comprising an inner and outer body-section, a head resting upon one end of the inner section, ahead resting upon the other end of the inner-section, the ends of the outer sections being bent against the outer faces of their corresponding heads and maintained in locking contact therewith by longii tudinal shrinkage of the outer body-section. f

y2. A keg or vessel comprising an inner and outer body-section, ahead resting upon one end of the inner section, a head resting upon the other enel of the inner section, the ends of In testimony of which invention have here-l the outer section being bent against the outer unto set my hand, at Wilmington, Delaware, faces of their corresponding heads, the two on this 25th day of April, 1904.

sections being secured together by circumfer- EGBERT MOXHAM. 5 ential shrinkage and the heads maintained in Witnesses:

position by longitudinal shrinkage of the outer DAVID B. CURLETT,

body-section. L. R. BEARDSLEE. 

